As construction sector back out today: No smooth sailing says Contractors Assoc by 20210704 The locked gate at the construction site of the new Ministry of Health headquarters, Queen’s Park East, Port-of-Spain. ROBERTO CODALLO SHALIZA HASSANALI The two-month national lockdown enforced by the Government on May 3 as a measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus has adversely affected the State’s housing programme with projections for 1,800 housing units by the end of 2021 now being scaled back to 1,000 units. Hundreds of construction workers are scheduled to resume work this morning at public and private sector projects that had been put on hold due to the restrictions imposed by the Government.